I been playing with Proxmox and was able to have my server running, with a bunch of apps, using ZFS filesystem and a zfs pool to share data between some containers. It worked fine, but my disk failed in less than 2 months.
I got a new SSD, and want to avoid ZFS since it just a server for me to play around and learn about this stuff, but I’m not sure which setup during the installation of Proxmox and how to avoid future issues like not having enough storage on containers.
Most tutorials out there ask you to have 2 drives, one for proxmox, another one for containers.
It’s tough to tell what you’re after here, but I think it’s important not to conflate the disk failure with ZFS. I’d be very surprised if they were related.
If you want, you can certainly install Proxmox using LVM. I dont see any real advantage to that unless your installing on a system with very little memory.
In a single-node setup like this, I’d just install on ZFS and using the local-zfs pool for your containers.
ZFS didn’t kill your drive, your drive just plain failed. You won’t get additional longevity out of going LVM+ext4, just fewer features (and more to learn). I’d strongly recommend you keep going with ZFS; the thing to change is, this time, set up automated backup of your PVE node (which ZFS also makes very, very easy).
I think For a beginner’s homelab with a single drive I’d recommend using the default LVM-Thin storage option during the Proxmox installation. This setup simplifies management and provides efficient space utilization for both your Proxmox system and containers. Ensure you allocate ample space to your root partition and use LVM-Thin for flexible storage provisioning which helps prevent running out of storage in your containers. Regular backups and monitoring of your SSD health are crucial to avoid data loss and future drive failures.